> . . . Bascially i am a total > newbie to Linux. A friend total me about it over the internet and he > says the Debian Linux is a good Linux to start with. Well i have not > got any idea how to install it, or how to set about . . .
All answers so far look good to me (I'm a Red Hatter, nerving myself up to install Debian), but as you also ask about how to _use_ Linux: Get the little book _Learning the UNIX Operating System_ by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, & John Strang. 4e O'Reilly. US$10.95. You can handle 96 pages, right? Learn vi, even if you must learn it via your WinDOSe box. Ignore the vi vs emacs religious wars: they're less relevant than apples vs oranges (try apples vs fruitcake). Basic vi eases small editing tasks, but it's a pain to learn vi & configuration scripts at the same time. (Learn emacs, too, but learn it later when you need its special powers.) See _The Linux Cookbook_ (`Tips & Techniques for Everyday Use') by Michael Stutz. 2001 Linux Journal Press. 396 p. US$29.95; also available on line -- & on your Debian distibution (but that's a hen or egg issue). . . . NB: The Cookbook is slanted toward Debian (regrettably it slights vi) -- another reason to install Debian first.
